Corn-planter



(No Model.)

J.. STEVENS.

CORN PLANTER. Y No. 364,317. Patented June 7, 1887.

71 ii zegge s' fnr'an'zor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH STEVENS, OF TRENTON, MICHIGAN.

CORNT-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,317, dated June 7, 1887.

Application tile-d December .13, 1886. Serial No. 2:22.304. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosErH STEVENS, of Trenton, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain newand useful improvements in cornplanters.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical longi= tudinal section through one of the hoppers and its connections. Fig. 3 is a rear View.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents an axle, upon which are mounted the traction wheels 13. These wheels are provided with the socallec ratchet-hubs C, so arranged that the axle will be rotated only in the forward movement ofthe machine, while in turning or backing the wheels are turned upon the shaft, as in the manner well known to manufacturers. Upon this shaft A is mounted a suitable frame, D. At the rear portion of the frame, and near the sides thereof, are mounted the hoppers E, provided with feed-spouts F, which deliver the grain, as hereinafter described, into the furrow, opened by the shoe Gin the forward movement of the machine. Each of these hoppers is provided with a feedslide, H, the forward ends of which are provided with suitable eccentricstraps for engaging with the eccentrics O, formedon the axle A.

J is a follower in rear of the shoe G, and is adjustably secured to the frame D by the bars K.

Transversely across the machine are placed shut-off slides L, designed and arranged to be simultaneously operated by a lever, M.

In practice, draft being applied to the front of the machine, the wheels B will rotate and impart a like motion to the axle. The cams operating upon the feed-slides deliver the desired amount of grain over the hopper to the feed-spout, from whence it falls into the furrow made by the shoe G, and in the further progress of the machine the follower J turns back the dirt thrown up by the shoe, thus covering the grain, and this follower, by means of the vertical adjustment of its bar K, may be made to throw more or less of acovering over the grain, as may be desired. Supposing the wheels to be four feet in circumference and the hoppers four feet apart, the machine in traveling-the length of a row will have plantedtwo rows of corn in hills four feet apartin each direction. Hoppers N may be placed in front of the hoppers E and arranged to feed a fertilizer to the hill before the grain is dropped therein, such feeding of the fertilizer being performed by the feed-slides H.

If desired, the traction-wheels may be made of a larger dimension, so that four hills may be planted at one revolution of the wheels.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- The combination, with the frame, axle, traction-wheels, and eccentrics on said axle, of the hoppers E, feed-spouts F, shoes G, feed-slides H, connected directly with said eccentrics, the adjustable followers J to the rear of said shoes, the transverse slides L, the lever M, and conneetious between said slides and lever, all constructed, arranged,and operating substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

JOSEPH STEVENS.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SoULLY. 

